Endicott Mythic Fiction discussion

Our June 2014 book is The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier - who's reading?

Read this awhile ago and LOVED it. May well re-read it to refresh my memory.

Count me in! I've ordered it!

I ordered it last week, so it should (hopefully) get here in the next couple of days.

It does sound very good.

I ordered it today. Looks interesting!

Read it when it first came out. Didn't like it enough to reread, but maybe you all's comments will refresh my memory.

The subject matter seems very depressing, a parents worst nightmare: having a child simply vanish. I still still give it a try however.

I started this last night, and it's too depressing for me. I've decided not to read it. But it is very well written, so I've decided to look for more of his work. I feel bad, because the author has of course spent a lot of time writing this, and the prose is lovely, but I cried several times in the opener and I just can't handle the subject! As a warning, it is immediately depressing, so I wouldn't read this right before bed.

Margaret wrote: "I started this last night, and it's too depressing for me. I've decided not to read it. But it is very well written, so I've decided to look for more of his work. I feel bad, because the author has..."

Children disappearing and the horrible things that happen to them when they do, is one of the hardest topics for me. I have been putting off reading this novel for this reason. The only time to read lately has been first thing in the morning or before I go to bed so what you say confirms what I've been feeling Margaret! It's not what I'd like to read at the moment. I too felt bad about that!

I'm still waiting for my copy, unfortunately. The last two books I've ordered from the 3rd party sellers on Amazon have taken forever and a day to get here!

But whenever it does get here, I'll make sure to read it on some day when I don't mind getting depressed

Just started it this morning and it is very good but sad.

Did anyone else notice that there's two title pages? One with Kevin Brockmeier's name on it and the second with Christopher Brooks' name on it? Complete with a bibliography of Christopher's previous books and Christopher's dedication. It was a nice touch, I thought.

I'm fascinated by the chapter "The Green Children."

I was curious and went looking and apparently this particular episode is based on a "true" historical account of a pair of green children found in the village of Woolpit in the 12th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ch...

It's a really interesting story.

Melanti wrote: "I'm fascinated by the chapter "The Green Children."

I was curious and went looking and apparently this particular episode is based on a "true" historical account of a pair of green children found..."

My son had a children's book about the Green Children when he was little! I assumed it was a legend and had not idea there was a historical account.

That's what has me so fascinated, Jalilah. The chapter sounded vaguely familiar so I assumed it was based on a folktale and wanted to read the original to see what all he'd changed but when I looked, I found out that it's based on a true story.

Well, more than likely, it didn't happen, or didn't happen quite like that. But the people of the time claimed it did.

I loved the addition of the title page as well. It made it somehow much more personal.

I finished up a few days ago but forgot to post.

I really enjoyed it - though it was extremely sad.

It reminds me a bit of The Virgin Suicides in a way because they're both the story of the people surrounding a tragedy rather than about the tragedy itself. (view spoiler)[And of course, in The Virgin Suicides, you never get any real answers as to exactly what happened either. (hide spoiler)]